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Honda has launched research into developing airbags for motorcycles.
According to Japanese publication Yomiuri Shimbun, Honda aims to develop an airbag that will fit under the handlebars and protect the driver from the head to lower back when it is opened in the event of an accident. This was to be made commercially available in about three years.
No immediate comment was available from Honda, according to the report.
http://www.motobke.co.uk
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What constitutes an accident? What about a "hard" wheelie landing? Hey, if they put 2 more wheels on, they'll be able to fit some doors on, and have side airbags, and seat belts
Nah, just t.t.p. If it worked, I'm all for improved safety.
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Of course, airbags are nothing new, BMW devised a system some years ago I believe - but it was an optional extra and cost something like a couple of thousand dollars (US) for the privilege.
And we've lived under the threat of some awful additional protection being forced on us for years by well-meaning politicians - leg protectors anyone?
(Shudder)
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So had I. Didn't Beemer make a suit like that?Originally Posted by SpeedMedic
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You can already buy a Rivet Airbag. Been out for a couple of years. The tether needs more than a casual yank to set it off.
http://bikebiz.com.au/shop/en-us/p_1575.html
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There's also some Italian model (brought out before the Rivet one) that instead of a tether has some electronic activation, operated by the interaction between a sensor on the front of the bike and one on the vest, so if there's a rapid separation of the two (rather than the rider just leaving the bike), it activates the gas cartridge.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
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It'd go off and knock you backwards off the bike!
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I can't think of anything more ridiculous than airbags on a motorcycle
I suppose we will need to have seat belts on them next.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
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Why not put an ejection seat on the bike so when triggered, you will blast away from the crash scene and (hopefully) glide back down on a parachute
Sheer Genius!!!
unless you can prove it.
shit - next thing you know bike will have ashtrays!!
hang on didn't GoldWings have them?
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Not quite.
How do you compensate for sideways, or forwards movement.
You'd be more like to be catapulted into an object.
How'd you do in Physics last year Alarumba?
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Here for the arcade.
Thats why I added (hopefully)
Excelled in basic Yr10 Physics, but Yr11 is when we get taught the proper stuffHow'd you do in Physics last year Alarumba?
Other unessersary add-on's that would suit the goldwing: Spolier, Pillion DVD Player/Console, rider arm rests, cup holder, toilet roll holder and a Pillion ejection seat(actually, thats not a bad idea)
parting of the sensory
Well, mine's got heated grips, and a cigarette lighter.
Actually, that latter point's not really true: it's actually just the socket, installed a couple of days ago to plug things into.
Like the coffee maker... :confused2
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Here for the arcade.
Cigarette lighter isn't a bad thing. If you had strapped a rocket on the pillion seat, it would be a convienient way to light itWell, mine's got heated grips, and a cigarette lighter.
unless you can prove it.
Well, mine's got heated grips, and a cigarette lighter.
Actually, that latter point's not really true: it's actually just the socket, installed a couple of days ago to plug things into.
Like the coffee maker... :confused2
I installed heated grips and a ciggie lighter socket last week too. Albeit my socket is one of those minature ones. I now plug my radar dtector into it and was even sad enough to place a minature plug onto a travel kettle last week ready for my big south island trip next week. I must be getting old!!
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You Frog Fucker
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